Table 2.

Sequence comparison of the L segment from avirulent P2 and virulent P18 Pichinde viruses.

	avirulent	virulent
nt #	P2	P18	codon
473	G (Phe)	A (Phe)
860	T (Val)	A (Val)
1178	C (Lys)	T (Lys)
1312	C (Asp)	T (Asn)	L (D1906N)
1363	C (Asp)	T (Asn)	L (D1889N)
1513	C (Val)	G (Leu)	L (V1839L)
1529	G (Tyr)	A (Tyr)
1606	C (Ala)	T (Thr)	L (A1808T)
2972	T (Gly)	C (Gly)
3173	G (Asn)	A (Asn)
3485	C (Leu)	T (Leu)
3611	A (Asn)	G (Thr)
5965	T (Asn)	C (Asp)	L (N355D)
6149	A (Cys)	G (Cys)
6812	G (Leu)	A (Leu)